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LEARN ABOUT TEXAS’ LAND, WATER & WILDLIFE

Free Video Lessons on the Fauna & Flora of Texas

Bring wildlife into your classroom with on-demand programs designed for K-8 students! Videos are 15-45 minutes long and are available 24/7. All programs include interactive questions and follow-along worksheets that are aligned with the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) standards.

Currently, 19 different videos are available featuring Texas wildlife, water, ecosystems, life cycles, classification, and soil, and several programs include native, live animals for an up-close encounter!

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⏱︎ 13 min.

Adaptable Armadillos

Explore the adaptations which help the nine-banded armadillo, the Texas state mammal, find food and shelter and protect itself from predators.

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⏱︎ 23 min.

All About Alligators

Explore a live alligator's adaptations, including its role in the food chain as an apex predator and discover the differences between alligators and crocodiles. 

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⏱︎ 18 min.

Aquifers & Spring Ecosystems

Explore the basics of the water cycle and discover groundwater found in aquifers, the underground rock formations that create our spring-fed ecosystems.

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⏱︎ 27 min.

ASI: Animal Skull Investigation

Use clues to identify common structures of animal skulls and explore adaptations between predators and prey.

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⏱︎ 20 min.

Awesome Opossums

Meet a live Virginia opossum, the only marsupial species in the United States, and explore the unique adaptations that help it live in the wild and adapt to an urban environment.

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⏱︎ 39 min.

Bats-A-Billion

Discover the unique body structures that allow live bats to fly, explore these flying mammals' adaptations, such as echolocation, and identify their basic needs and diverse habitats.

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⏱︎ 23 min.

Classifying Living Things

Explore the levels of taxonomy from Domain to Species, identify the basic characteristics of organisms, and study familiar classes of wildlife from the animal Kingdom.

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⏱︎ 14 min.

Complete Metamorphosis

Investigate and compare how plants and animals undergo a series of orderly changes during their life cycles and explore the basic needs and physical characteristics that allow ladybugs to survive through each stage of complete metamorphosis.

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⏱︎ 44 min.

Creepy Critters

Take an up-close look at a rat, a spider, and a snake; discover how they fit into the food chain; and explore their unique adaptations that bring fear to many.

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⏱︎ 13 min.

Food Chain Fun

Discover the basic need of food and explore how energy flows from producers to consumers and decomposers, then identify the components of an ecosystem and witness the effects of a broken food chain.

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⏱︎ 14 min.

Frog Life Cycle

Investigate and compare how plants and animals undergo a series of orderly changes during their life cycles and explore the basic needs and physical characteristics that allows a frog to survive through each stage of its life cycle.

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⏱︎ 12 min.

Incomplete Metamorphosis

Investigate and compare how plants and animals undergo a series of orderly changes during their life cycles and explore the basic needs and physical characteristics that allow dragonflies to survive through each stage of incomplete metamorphosis.

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⏱︎ 22 min.

Let’s Talk Turkey

Explore wild turkey anatomy, adaptations, life cycle, diet, and habitat as well as the various calls and vocalizations that turkeys make to communicate.

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⏱︎ 27 min.

Owl Adaptations

Examine the adaptations which allow a live owl to fly, hunt, and survive in its environment and discover the calls and vocalizations of common Texas owls.

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⏱︎ 21 min.

Peregrine Falcons

Explore the adaptations which allow a live peregrine falcon to be such a powerful predator and fast flier and investigate the bird's diet and the habitats in which it can be found.

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⏱︎ 17 min.

Prairie Dogs & Grassland Ecosystems

Explore prairie dog adaptations and discover their role as a keystone species in grassland ecosystems and underground habitats, providing shelter for several species and acting as a food source for predators.

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⏱︎ 16 min.

Stewarding Soil

Explore the characteristics of soil, an important natural resource found all over the world, identify sand, silt, and clay, and discover why soil is so important to wildlife and people.

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⏱︎ 22 min.

The Magic of Monarchs

Explore the basic needs, life cycle, adaptations, and migration patterns of the Texas state insect, the monarch butterfly, and discover how you can help conserve this unique creature.

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⏱︎ 18 min.

Wetland Ecosystems

Discover how wetland ecosystems, such as swamps and marshes, are important to the water cycle and provide habitat for a great diversity of wildlife.

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Thank you for viewing one of our Distance Learning programs! Please take a moment to provide feedback as we strive to educate Texans about land stewardship and conservation, and contact us with photos of your students using the program that we can publish.

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Creekside Forest Elementary School | Tomball, TX
Bats-A-Billion
2022
Awesome Opossums
2017
Bats-A-Billion

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For more information about Distance Learning, contact the Conservation Education Specialist:

AMBER BROWN
Conservation Education Specialist

abrown@texas-wildlife.org

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